September 1, 2010
Upcoming deadline:
	The September Fiction Open closes September 30. We welcome yours. See guidelines.
	Open to ALL writers. First place has gone to beginners with no previous publications and to accomplished, established writers. All are welcome. Word count range: 2,000 – 20,000. (Yes, a 2,000 word piece can compete against a 20,000 word piece—it's the story that counts.)
	First place wins $2,000 and publication in Issue 81 of Glimmer Train Stories. Second- and third-place winners receive $1,000/$600 (or if chosen for publication, $700).
	Note from the editors on the Fiction Open.

Essays in this bulletin:
	Nona Caspers: A few more hours after reading the story I realized that I could stop some of my anxiety by telling myself the event did not happen. I could say, this story is not real, this did not happen, though of course I knew in another part of me that things like that do happen… (more)
	Ron Savage: I am fairly cynical about How-To anything and especially How-To things that have to do with writing. I would say write every day and read every day. Read the things you like and write the things you like. But if you are a writer you are doing that already. (more)
	Patrick Hicks: My family also helped me to understand how seriously Colin took his job. The respect he had for the dead—how he never forgot that families were grieving, and how he conducted his job as though it were an act of love—now that, that, was important to write about. (more)

Results of the June Fiction Open:
Winners and finalists have been notified, and the Top-25 list is posted! Our thanks to all of you for letting us read your stories!
	1st place: "Ants" by Nona Caspers
	2nd place: "Insurance" by James F. Sidel
	3rd place: "Grateful, Somewhere" by S. Ruth Joffre

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Looking forward, Sisters and Editors Glimmer Train Stories, represented in recent editions of the Pushcart Prize,O. Henry, New Stories from the South, New Stories from the Midwest, and Best American Short Stories anthologies.